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How to Estimate Water Requirements of Crops?

The approaches for estimating crop water requirements were based upon transpiration ratio and depth-interval-yield data. Transpiration ratio is the quantity of water required to produce a unit amount of dry matter. Some considered dry matter to be the weight of the shoot while others considered it as the weight of the economic produce of the crop. This ratio was considered [...]

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Crop Water Requirement For Different Crops In India

The term water requirement (WR) of crops implies the total amount of water required at the field head regardless of its source, to mature a crop. It includes the evapotranspiration (ET) needs, application losses and any other special needs. It, however, does not include conveyance losses. The term consumptive use (CU) refers to the ET needs plus the water used [...]

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